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The San Diego Unified school board is set to vote Wednesday on whether to move forward on five affordable-housing proposals that would bring nearly 1,500 homes to district property — its biggest move yet in a yearslong strategy to help its workforce and generate revenue.
But both the selection process and the proposals chosen have drawn some concerns from the public, including about who could and couldn’t live there, particularly at the largest site.
By far the most ambitious project would be built at the site of current district headquarters, the Eugene Brucker Education Center on Normal Street at the edge of Hillcrest and University Heights.
The proposal recommended by district staff, from developer Affirmed Housing, would see the development of 952 units — all of them rent-restricted for people who make between 30% and 100% of area median income, and most of them studios and one-bedrooms.
That project would also involve permanent improvements for a drop-off and pickup area at nearby Birney Elementary, plus building improvements like a preschool, school board documents show.
And it’s expected to net the district nearly $300 million in rent revenue over the ground lease’s 99-year term.
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